TEMPLE MOUNT

The TEMPLE MOUNT, also called HARAM AL-SHARIF what means the NOBLE SANCTUARY, is a plateau in the Old City of Jerusalem.

It is considered to be the holiest place in Jerusalem and a place of huge importance to today’s 3 main religions in the World: Islam, Christianity, and Judaism. The Temple Mount is the holiest site in Judaism. Haram Al-Sharif is the 3rd holiest place in Islam, after Mecca and Medina and a place of Islamic worship.

For Jews, the Temple Mount is the site where once originally stood the First Temple or the Great Temple of Jerusalem built by King Solomon. The temple held the Ark of the Convent with the Ten Commandments. The Temple Mount is believed to be the place of Biblical Mount Moriah with a sacred rock on which Abraham planned to sacrifice his son Isaac to God. The Temple Mountain is the holiest site in Judaism in the World holding the Foundation Stone where Earth was created. It is a Jewish place of worship.

It is also a sacred place of Christianity. For Christians, this is the place where Jesus as a baby was first presented to God and where he was praying and preaching to his disciples daily. Jesus as a child impressed the Jewish teachers by his knowledge at that time synagogue on the Temple Mount. Satan tempted Jesus to jump off the Temple to prove his status on the Temple Mount. Jesus in anger overturned the tables of money changers in front of the synagogue (temple) on the Temple Mount.